The Platinum Collection by Ruth Brown - Uhune

COMPILATION

Ruth Brown was Atlantic Records' first consistent hitmaker and the biggest female star of the label's first decade, and while she didn't cross over to the pop audience the way some of her peers at Atlantic would do in time, "Miss Rhythm" cut enough great sides during her tenure with the label to keep any party respectably rockin' all night long. Brown's installment in Warner Platinum's Platinum Collection series contains more surprises for novices than most of the titles in this line, primarily because Brown's failure to go pop means one rarely hears her on the radio these days. But if you're looking for early R&B stuff that rocks with a solid swing, Brown's your gal, and there isn't anything approaching a dud in the 21 songs on this disc. Brown's voice walked a fine middle ground between sweetness and grit, and she wasn't afraid to let her considerable vocal sex appeal take the center stage. Add plenty of great songs (including material from Rudy Toombs, Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller, and a few from Ahmet Ertegun under his nom de plume of "Nugetre") and some seriously wailing session bands and you get just under an hour of top shelf R&B. While serious admirers are advised to search out Rhino's excellent two-disc set Miss Rhythm: Greatest Hits and More, if you're looking for a good single-disc introduction to one of the greatest stars of jump blues and first-era R&B, this will fill the bill and then some.
© Mark Deming /TiVo

1. Teardrops from My Eyes

Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Budd Johnson; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Composer: Toombs
Rudolph Toombs; Composer
Producer: Herb Abramson
Ahmet Ertegun; Production

2. Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean

Drums: Connie Kay; Performer
Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Guitar: Mickey Baker; Performer
Tambourine: Hal Jackson; Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Willis Jackson; Performer
Trumpet: Taft Jordan; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Composer: Herbert J. Lance
Johnny Wallace
Charlie Singleton; Composer
Producer: Ahmet Ertegun
Herb Abramson; Production

3. I'll Wait for You

Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Performer: Budd Johnson Orchestra; Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Willis Jackson; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Composer: Toombs
Rudolph Toombs; Composer
Producer: Herb Abramson
Ahmet Ertegun; Production

4. I Know (Single Version)

Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Performer: Budd Johnson Orchestra; Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Willis Jackson; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Composer: Toombs
A. Nugetre
Ramson; Composer
Producer: Herb Abramson
Ahmet Ertegun; Production

5. Shine On (Bright Moon Shine On)

Performer: Howard Biggs Orchestra; Performer
Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Willis Jackson; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Arranger: Slide Hampton; Composer
Composer: Hudson Whittaker; Composer
Producer: Herb Abramson
Ahmet Ertegun; Production

6. 5-10-15 Hours

Drums: Connie Kay; Performer
Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Piano: Vann "piano Man" Walls; Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Willis Jackson; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Composer: Toombs
Rudolph Toombs; Composer
Producer: Ahmet Ertegun
Herb Abramson; Production

7. Daddy Daddy

Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Willis Jackson; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Composer: Rudy Toombs
Toombs
Rudolph Toombs; Composer
Producer: Ahmet Ertegun
Herb Abramson; Production
Additional Vocals: The James Quintet; Other

8. Wild Wild Young Men

Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Baritone Saxophone: Heywood Henry; Performer
Bass: George Duvivier; Performer
Drums: Connie Kay; Performer
Guitar: Rector Bailey; Performer
Performer: Jesse Stone Orchestra; Performer
Piano: Vann "piano Man" Walls; Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Freddie Mitchell; Performer
Trumpet: Taft Jordan; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Arranger: Jesse Stone; Composer
Composer: Nugetre
A. Nugetre
Ahmet Ertegün
Ahmet Ertegun; Composer
Producer: Ahmet Ertegun
Herb Abramson
Jerry Wexler; Production

9. Mend Your Ways

Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Budd Johnson; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Composer: Lincoln Chase
Leroy Kirkland; Composer
Producer: Ahmet Ertegun
Herb Abramson; Production

10. Oh What a Dream

Bass Guitar: Bernie Moten; Performer
Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Bernie Moten; Performer
Drums: Al Walker; Performer
Guitar: Mickey Baker; Performer
Piano: Bu Pleasant; Performer
Saxophone: Ed Crist; Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Arnett Cobb; Performer
Trombone: Dickie Harris; Performer
Trumpet: Ed Lewis; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Arranger: Jesse Stone; Composer
Composer: Chuck Willis
Willis Chuck; Composer
Producer: Jerry Wexler
Ahmet Ertegun; Production

11. Mambo Baby

Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Paul Williams Band; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Composer: Singleton
Rosemarie Mccoy
Charles Singleton; Composer
Producer: Ahmet Ertegun
Jerry Wexler; Production

12. I Can See Everybody's Baby

Guitar: Mickey Baker; Performer
Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Sam Taylor; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Composer: Kirkland
Mamie Thomas
Leroy Kirkland; Composer
Producer: Jerry Wexler
Ahmet Ertegun; Production

13. As Long as I'm Moving

Guitar: Mickey Baker; Performer
Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Sam Taylor; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Composer: Calhoun; Composer
Producer: Jerry Wexler
Ahmet Ertegun; Production

14. It's Love Baby (24 Hours of the Day)

Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Composer: Ted Jarrett; Composer
Producer: Jerry Wexler
Ahmet Ertegun; Production

15. Love Has Joined Us Together

by Ruth Brown With Clyde Mcphatter

Primary Artist: Ruth Brown With Clyde Mcphatter; Main Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Composer: James
Marguerite James
Billy Dawn Smith; Composer
Producer: Ahmet Ertegun
Jerry Wexler; Production
Additional Vocals: Clyde Mcphatter; Other

16. I Want to Do More

Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Sam Taylor; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Composer: Mike Stoller
Jerry Leiber; Composer
Producer: Jerry Wexler
Ahmet Ertegun; Production

17. Sweet Baby of Mine

Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Budd Johnson; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Composer: Bobby Sharp; Composer
Producer: Ahmet Ertegun
Herb Abramson; Production

18. Lucky Lips

Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Composer: Leiber, Stoller
Leiber
Mike Stoller
Jerry Leiber
Jerry Lieber; Composer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Producer: Ahmet Ertegun
Jerry Wexler; Production
Stoller: Leiber; Other

19. This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'

Bass: Lloyd Trotman; Performer
Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Drums: Joe Marshall; Performer
Guitar: Everett Barksdale
Charles Macey; Performer
Percussion: Brad Spinney; Performer
Piano: Mike Stoller; Performer
Tenor Saxophone: King Curtis; Performer
Trumpet: Steve Lipskins
Joe Wilder; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Arranger: Howard Biggs; Composer
Composer: Bobby Darin
Mann Curtis; Composer
Producer: Leiber
Stoller; Production

20. I Don't Know

Baritone Saxophone: Budd Johnson; Performer
Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Bass: Abie Baker; Performer
Drums: Joe Marshall; Performer
Guitar: Al Caiola; Performer
Piano: Mike Stoller; Performer
Tenor Saxophone: King Curtis
Budd Johnson; Performer
Trombone: Jimmy Cleveland; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Arranger: Howard Biggs; Composer
Composer: Brook Benton
Bobby Stevenson; Composer
Producer: Jerry Wexler
Ahmet Ertegun; Production

21. So Long

Bass Guitar: Jack Lesberg; Performer
Primary Artist: Ruth Brown; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Jack Lesberg; Performer
Drums: Sid Cattlet; Performer
Group Member: Dick Carey
Ernie Caceres
Peanuts Hercko; Performer
Guitar: Eddie Condon; Performer
Piano: Joe Bushkin; Performer
Trombone: Will Bradley; Performer
Trumpet: Bobby Hackett; Performer
Vocals: Ruth Brown; Performer
Composer: Harris
Remus Harris
Irving Melsher
Russ Morgan; Composer

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

21 tracks available

Type

COMPILATION

Format

Digital Media

Duration

57 minutes and 23 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1424x1424 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

12/21 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Pop/Rock, R&B, Soul, Blues, Rhythm & Blues

Label

Rhino

Music Distribution Service

Warner

Country

United States

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Mar 18, 2007

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

603497993192